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He is widely known as the fastest sidearm pitcher in baseball history who can throw a 160 km/h (99.4 mph) four-seam fastball, though the pitch usually sits at 93-95 mph (150-153 kph).[1] His signature pitch is his two-seam fastball which, due to its unique tailing movement has earned its nickname "Serpent fastball(Hangul: 뱀직구)". His other pitches include a high 70s slider with a sharp horizontal break, a mid 80s forkball, and a rarely used 60 mph (97 km/h) slow-curveball. He is one of the few pitchers who can pitch in multiple pitching forms. Lim pitches primarily sidearm and underhand, but does pitch from the three-quarters motion at will.

The Cubs once again reached out to try and bring in talent from wherever they can find it. The Cubs are close to signing 36 year old Korean RHP Chang-yong Lim, pending a physical. They outbid 4 teams to land Lim. Thosse teams are the Detroit Tigers, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, and Texas Rangers.

Lim is expected to sign a split major/minor league contract with an eye toward 2014, since he just had Tommy John surgery.

Lim is a relief pitcher and like Fujikawa sees a potential opening in the back end of the Cubs bullpen, with the team likely to part ways with Marmol between now and next seson.

French writer Alexis de Tocqueville warned about when visiting this fledgling democracy in the early 19th century – that this "American republic will endure until politicians realize they can bribe the people with their own money."

if 40 man roster is at 40 without Schierholtz and Stewart (from what I read Sandy Rosario counts on the 40 man), what 3 guys are they gonna move? will be interesting...
I do like our bullpen options...but we still only have one lefty right?

edit - reading the last post, if it's a minor league contract then i assume we don't have to free up a spot on the 40 man. but that still leaves 2 men out.

On another note, I really like what they're doing with the pen. Lim, Sandy, Kyuji and Rondon all have big arms and strong stuff. All but Kyuji require very little monetary investment and the past has shown that GMs give up really nice packages for relievers. It's a nice low risk way to stock up the farm.